{"id":3262,"date":"2009-10-14T11:56:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T18:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:57:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:57:51","slug":"obt-doing-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/14\/obt-doing-well\/","title":{"rendered":"obt doing well"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m guessing that Oregon Ballet Theatre<\/a> is doing very well with their ticket sales for their Emerald Retrospective<\/a> this week – I tried to buy tickets to their Friday night performance and the only tickets available were over $100 each – too rich for my blood!\u00a0 I’m glad that the less expensive seats are selling well, however.\u00a0 I think that this mirrors a trend with the Oregon Symphony where the less expensive seats are selling quite quickly, but the most expensive seats (dress circle, etc.) are often the last to sell.\u00a0 I’m not sure if patrons are waiting for last-minute discounts, but it is a sign of overall belt tightening due to the tough economic climate.<\/p>\n

I was also glad to see mention over at ArtScatter<\/a> of the lack of a live orchestra (with the exception of the Ravel, which featured pianists Carol Rich and Susan Smith) for this show, and the impact it had on the dancers and the audience.<\/p>\n

The loss for financial reasons of the ballet orchestra this season is a giant setback \u2014 recorded music just doesn\u2019t supply the magic of the moment, the lightning interplay of dancers and musicians that gives a ballet the visceral impact of right here right now<\/em> \u2014 and I realized that I had spent the first several minutes of Emeralds<\/em> disappointed, keenly feeling the loss of the orchestral dimension, until Iino\u2019s arrival with her hands and feet helped me slip into the reality of what was<\/em> there on stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m guessing that Oregon Ballet Theatre is doing very well with their ticket sales for their Emerald Retrospective this week – I tried to buy tickets to their Friday night performance and the only tickets available were over $100 each – too rich for my blood!\u00a0 I’m glad that the less expensive seats are selling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1335],"tags":[1918,1633],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance","tag-20th-season","tag-oregon-ballet-theatre"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-QC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2668,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/09\/obt-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":3262,"position":0},"title":"OBT update","author":"Charles Noble","date":"June 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"OBT is just past the halfway mark in reaching their critical $750K goal.\u00c2\u00a0 Please give if you are able, or buy tickets to DANCE UNITED.\u00c2\u00a0 Sorry, the $50 seats are all gone, however.","rel":"","context":"In "dance"","block_context":{"text":"dance","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/dance\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"obt_thermometer2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/obt_thermometer1-400x521.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1924,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/15\/innovative-oregon-arts-organizations\/","url_meta":{"origin":3262,"position":1},"title":"innovative oregon arts organizations","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wall Street Journal features the Oregon Symphony (complete with photo of music director Carlos Kalmar, no less) in an article about how arts groups are slashing ticket prices in order to keep audiences filling seats. 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